DOOM Readies Instrumental Vinyl Box Set

His iconic metal mask and his guttural free-associative rapping might get more attention, but DOOM's production, a sort of dusty, broken-apart take on classic New York boom-bap, is central to the underground rap figurehead's cult appeal. Since 2002, he's released a number of those beats in instrumental form on his series of Special Herbs releases. And on February 1, Nature Sounds/Fat Beats will release Special Herbs: The Box Set Vol. 0-9, a limited edition vinyl box set that compiles the entire 10-volume series.

Some of the collections will be on vinyl for the very first time in this box, which features all the records packaged in metallic silver jackets. The set also includes a download card for the whole thing, a special poster, 10 additional beats, and a 7" single with two more tracks.